(VBScript) TCP/IP Socket Connect to Remote Host:Port

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Dim fso, outFile
Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set outFile = fso.CreateTextFile("output.txt", True)
' This CreateObject statement uses the new single-DLL ActiveX for v9.5.0set socket = CreateObject("Chilkat_9_5_0.Socket")
success = socket.UnlockComponent("Anything for 30-day trial")
If (success <> 1) Then
outFile.WriteLine(socket.LastErrorText)
WScript.Quit
End If' Connect to port 5555 of localhost.' The string "localhost" is for testing on a single computer.' It would typically be replaced with an IP hostname, such' as "www.chilkatsoft.com".
ssl = 0
maxWaitMillisec = 20000
success = socket.Connect("localhost",5555,ssl,maxWaitMillisec)
If (success <> 1) Then
outFile.WriteLine(socket.LastErrorText)
WScript.Quit
End If' Set maximum timeouts for reading an writing (in millisec)
socket.MaxReadIdleMs = 10000
socket.MaxSendIdleMs = 10000' Pretend, for the sake of the example, that the' ficticious server is going to send a "Hello World!"' after accepting the connection.' Note: Technically, the ReceiveString may not receive the' complete string, although it's highly probable given the short' length of the "Hello World!" message.' See this Chilkat blog post for more information:' http://www.cknotes.com/?p=302
receivedMsg = socket.ReceiveString()
If (receivedMsg = vbNullString ) Then
outFile.WriteLine(socket.LastErrorText)
WScript.Quit
End If' Close the connection with the server' Wait a max of 20 seconds (20000 millsec)
socket.Close20000
MsgBox receivedMsg
outFile.Close